Improved reticule wicker-basket



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i Letters Patent N 97,836, dated December 14, 1869.

I v IMPROVED RETICULE WICKER BASKET.

The Schedule referred to in. these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH VENET, of thecity, eounty, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in .lteticnle Wicker-Baskets, of which t'lieiollowing is aspecification. 1

The. natureof my invention consistsin the employ- Inentand use of ametallicwire, in such manner as to form three orniore ribs oi';thewicker-work, said metallic ribs passing around the body and cover of thebasket, and forming inetallie holders for'the handles of the-basket, andhinge-s, by which the cover is. united to the body of the l'msket, andalso ibriningthe loop and staple-connection for reception of the lock,which renders the basket safe "and durable, besides enhancing itsconnnereial value,'as I will further explain by reference to thedrawings, of which- Figure 1 represents a wicker-basket with myinvenbody of the basket.

These ribs are carried under the bottom and up the sides of the body ofthe basket to the mouth, and similar ribsy y g, are carried-through thecover of the basket.

The outer ribs G G form holders I: 71, for reception of the handles 0 O,in front, and holders 2 i for the reception of said handles'in rearofthe basket, and being continued above the month, said ribs, withsimilar ribs g g, running through the cover B, form the hinges J J, bywhich the cover is united to the body of'the basket. (See fig. 2.)

The middle rib G, which, like the otl1er ribs,'passes round the body ofthe basket, is united to the ribs G G in front and rear of the basket,near the mouth, and forms a staple, 7., in front, for reception of ahasp, I, formed on the rib g, which runs throughvthe cover of thebasket, and also for reception of the lock m.

Having described my invention,

What I claim, isv I A retienle wicker-basket provided with metallic ribsG G g, CVO. which form the holders h 'i for the handle, hinges J J forthe cover, and loop and staple 7t Zfoi the look, as a new article oflnanufiieture, substantially as.

set forth.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this 15th day ofOctober, A. D. 1869.

JOSEPH \"EXETK \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, ARTHUR B. WiLLtAMs.

